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Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be over, but Sprint is rolling out one of its biggest price cuts ever. The nation's No. 3 wireless carrier, which has rapidly been losing market share, announced Tuesday that it will cut in half the monthly rate plan for Verizon and AT&T customers who switch to the network. The "Cut Your Bill in Half" event begins Friday. Sprint says it will provide unlimited talk and text to anywhere in the country while on the Sprint network - regardless of a customer's current plan - and match his or her data allowance for half the cost they are currently paying. Marcelo Claure, Sprint's chief executive, said the promotion "clearly...

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be over, but Sprint is rolling out one of its biggest price cuts ever.
The nation's No. 3 wireless carrier, which has rapidly been losing market share, announced Tuesday that it will cut in half the monthly rate plan for...

The best of Tiger Woods came Friday when his game was falling apart.
Woods lived up to his hopes of being a "greedy host" when he salvaged his round during a shaky stretch in the middle and shot 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead at his...

Angela Stanford spoiled Michelle Wie's bid for a victory in her first start as an LPGA Tour member, overcoming a three-stroke deficit to win the season-opening SBS Open by three shots Saturday in Kahuku, Hawaii.
Stanford closed with a 2-under 70 for a...

Tiger Woods said Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on saving his marriage, using the word "infidelity" for the first time in a statement posted on his Web site.
"After much soul searching, I have decided to take...

Lee Owens, of Hampton, switched to a no-contract cell phone 8 months ago, and she says she is so satisfied with the service that she can't foresee ever returning to a contract plan.
"I was able to migrate my old number and use my old phone,"...

Search giant, self-driving car developer, smartphone and tablet maker. Turned data plan provider? Google wants more people to get online so they can search around and click on its ads. And it's shaking up the telecom world to do it. The company said...

The stock market largely shrugged off the Federal Communications Commission's vote to impose tougher rules on broadband providers like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T to prevent them from creating paid fast lanes for the Internet and slowing or blocking Web...

The expected approval this week of strong new rules to protect net neutrality is a big victory for consumers, but it's no time to celebrate. The net neutrality proposal, outlined by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler this month,...

A federal judge on Tuesday sided with the government in a lawsuit alleging the National Security Agency is illegally engaging in the bulk collection of Internet and telephone records in the hunt for potential terrorists. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Sprint's wireless network has moved ahead of rival T-Mobile's in overall performance rankings by RootMetrics. The two carriers each lag their large rivals Verizon, which ranked first, and AT&T, which ranked second, in testing by...

A top U.S. regulator just announced he wants more power to oversee Internet service, much in the same way that the government already regulates phone service and other public utilities. The goal is to prevent Internet service providers like AT&T,...

Amazon made a name for itself by selling products dirt-cheap, even if it came at a loss. Now comes one of the online retailer's craziest-sounding offers.
Amazon chopped about $200 off the prices of its first smartphone on Monday, making a 32-gigabyte...

Al Jazeera America has been on less than one day and it already has made an enemy.
The new cable news channel, which launched Tuesday afternoon, filed a lawsuit against AT&T for not carrying the network on its U-verse pay-TV system.
Al Jazeera...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - With the fast-selling e-publication of his memoir-cum-business-strategy guide, Mark Cuban made another notch in his media-pioneer belt.
In one day, the slim under-100-page book, titled "How to Win at the Sport of...

For parents, cell phones are technological blessings and burdens.
They're great for emergencies or as a way to stay connected to a child. But as many learn quickly, some children abuse the privileges of the wireless world by browsing inappropriate Web...

Tiger Woods is taking an indefinite leave of absence from professional golf.
Using the word "infidelity" for the first time since his bizarre car accident outside his Isleworth home on Nov. 27, the world's top golfer issued a statement on his...

The New York Post, without citing its source, says Elin Nordegren may seek as much as $500 million from Tiger Woods if she divorces the golfer.
The newspaper said Nordegren is looking at filing divorce papers in California. Why? The Post says the state's...

With the upcoming release later this month of the Apple iPhone 4 comes news from AT&T of new pricing plans for the iPhone and early upgrade eligibility for some customers who own previous models, though not all. Pricing: iPhone 4 and the new iPhone...